Pretty Girls Guide Traffic at Toronto Intersections
A Toronto traffic commission program uses uniformed TTC guides to smooth busy intersections. Betty Wood at Bloor and Jane helps pedestrians, redirects crowds, and even assists with medical emergencies. Guides, aged 21 to mid thirties, undergo training and wear gray blue uniforms with red trim. Pearls lost from a shopper are recovered with help from guides and police, a sentimental but minor detail in the busy street scene.
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Ana Neon
Specias
TORO
Can
NEA
Toronto Traffic Commission
TTC
Toronto
Bloor
Jane Streets
Betty Wood
Betty
Guide Wood
Iris
Church Candles Send Light to Korea Front
Epiphany Church in Atlanta sent altar candle stubs to Korea after PFC James Parker reported frontline troops need light. Candles are replaced when three to four inches tall to prevent wax staining. the small size makes them portable and grants a blessing before use.
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Atlanta
Korea
Church of the Epiphany
Battlefront
James Parker
Morrocco Cork Booms
Wartime shortages push Morocco to harvest cork oak trees with a million acres yielding a cork industry. Last year exports reached 2.4 million dollars as cork is used for wine bottling, champagne corks, and cork board. The bark regrows yearly and trees live up to 150 years.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Morocco
France
Lady Editor Challenges Social Security Tax in Court
Mrs. Mary D. Cain a sums editor from Summit Mississippi argues in U S District Court that social security taxes for 1951 are unconstitutional. Attorneys led by Clarence Manion filed the brief while Cain declined to attend the session citing advisory fears of disruption. The government seeks 42.87 in taxes and penalties and Cain previously stated she would jail rather than pay the tax.
Elephant Labor Report in Assam Roads
NEW DELHI It is official A elephant has the strength of 3 men Assam state public works authorities studied road building and found one elephant can trample as much earth as 30 men.
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New Delhi
Assam
Dance Those Extra Pounds Off
A lively piece promoting daily dancing as an enjoyable exercise to shed weight and lift mood. It notes dancing suits all ages, aids posture, and can improve back muscles, with classes offering guided stretching and full-body engagement under supervision.
Waves in Atlantic Reach About Sixty Feet High
The National Geographic Society notes that maximum wave heights in the Atlantic reach around 60 feet, reflecting significant oceanic energy and conditions across regions. This finding highlights extreme sea states and potential impacts on ships and coastal areas.
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National
Georgraphicc
Soa
Atlantic
Knoxville trucker lists driving hazards including women drivers
Joe M. Toney, twice state roadeo champion, pins blame on neckers seniors Sunday drivers and teens in hot rods. He notes women drivers are not dangerous but tend to scare him.
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Knowxville
Tenn
Joe M. Toney
Roadeo
Toney
City-Financed Chess Instruction Expands in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City and Milwaukee are among few U.S. locales with full-time chess coordinators. Sam Teitelbaum runs free classes five nights weekly at boys and girls clubs and also offers adult sessions, funded by the city Recreation Department.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Ke City
City Recreation Department
Milwaukee
United States
Sam Teitelbaum
California Adds Bridge Trespass Crackdown to Suicide Prevention
Sacramento reports new law making trespass on state bridges a misdemeanor to deter jumpers. Highway patrols can arrest would be reporters of personal crisis. Golden Gate Bridge is exempt and controlled by neighboring counties.
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Sacramento
California
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
Golden Gate
Old Vet at Twenty One Pfc Frank Robinson Jr
Carbondale Illinois young Marine Pfc Frank Robinson Jr age twenty one is a veteran of six years in the armed services. He began his career at thirteen by misrepresenting his age to join the Illinois National Guard. He served two years in the Air Force before enlisting in the Marine unit he likes.
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Carbondale, Ill
Frank Robinson, Jr
Armed Services
Illinois National Guard
Air Force
Fraternity Hit With Large Flower Bill and Probation
Berkeley California Kappa Sigma faces a bill near 1000 dollars for flowers from gardens of about two dozen homes. The campus committee and Interfraternity Council require restitution and eight months social probation. Also note 38 foreign soccer stars in Italy's major leagues, mainly Scandinavians.
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Berkeley
Calif
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
University of California
Interfraternity Council
Italy
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